When did monthly coin magazines start disappearing from newpaper stands, grocery stores, etc?
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I remember these magazines (i.e. Coins, Coinage) being stocked at grocery stores, drug stores, newpapers stands and similar venues in the 1960's and early 1970's.
When did they disappear from these venues?
When did they disappear from these venues?
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As the US Mint says, "there are millions of people collecting coins," but there are only a relative few who are coin collectors.
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<< <i>As the US Mint says, "there are millions of people collecting coins," but there are only a relative few who are coin collectors. >>
This doesn't necessarily follow from less interest in coin magazines. The coin collectors the US Mint are talking about may be the SHQ collectors and are coin magazines relevant to the millions of them? My guess is "no." From looking at a number of coin magazines, most seem to be (a) 1/3 ads, (b) 1/3 price guide and (c)1/3 historical articles. It's generally not a very attractive presentation. The coin ads, like photograpy equipment ads, are distracting and cheapen the magazine, compared to ads in say Fortune and BusinessWeek which revolve around one large photo vs. tables of minutia useful in the pre-Internet eta. That being said, supermarkets still carry photography magazines so it's not a killing blow.
One of the coin magazines I picked up this year was CV's PD special because it had an article on Mike Castle and had images of Teresa Wenrick's prototypes. It covered this year's PDs with articles about them and images of other medals of the time. I thought that was a good presentation to reach new collectors. I also believe it had less of the tiny print ads.
It might be interesting to try a coin magazine just on moderns since there are a lot of collectors there and they may not be interested in (a) price guides on classics, (b) ads on classics, (c) articles on classics. You don't have to get rid of all classic articles, make it 80 modern 20 clasic or something. Just a thought. Obviously there is business risk if the modern market tanks but where there's risk, sometimes, there's opportunity.
To be quite frank, the ads and coin price guides are a big turn off to me because I don't use them. They are quite distracting and make it hard to find useful articles since I have to navigate around them. I occasionally read and find coin magazine issues I like, but it's an exception rather than a rule.
<< <i>The magazine racks at all the stores here have disappeared. >>
The traditional supermarkets around here still have them, though I'm not sure if WholeFoods and Walmart carry them.
Not if your under 25.
They are all playing Wii, or listening to IPODS or watching videos.
It's sick.
Think of us on this forum as a form of Mennonites, although we are still allowed to reproduce, our offspring have no use for furniture.
The legacy will someday disappear.